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DraftKings daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-February 28

By Zachary Thompson

Feb 24, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony (7) is guarded by Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (13) at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Indiana defeats New York 108-105. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 24, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony (7) is guarded by Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (13) at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Indiana defeats New York 108-105. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports /
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The NBA finishes the weekend with five games tonight, so get in the DFS fantasy basketball game with the help of my DraftKings daily picks.

Feb 23, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Orlando Magic center Nikola Vucevic (9) and Philadelphia 76ers guard Hollis Thompson (31) dive for a loose ball during the second half at Wells Fargo Center. The Orlando Magic won 124-115. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 23, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Orlando Magic center Nikola Vucevic (9) and Philadelphia 76ers guard Hollis Thompson (31) dive for a loose ball during the second half at Wells Fargo Center. The Orlando Magic won 124-115. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /

With about 25 games left to go in the NBA regular season, there are important games almost every night as teams jockey for playoff position coming down the stretch.  There are a pair of nice games this afternoon, but most of the DFS fantasy basketball action focuses on the five games starting at 6:00 PM ET or later.  For today’s DraftKings daily picks, I’m focusing on those five matchups to give you the best fantasy plays of the day in the following slides.

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Three of the five games tip off right at 6:00 PM ET which will help things get off to a fast start.  The Blazers are in Indiana after playing last night in Chicago, the Pistons finish their back-to-back at home with a matchup against the surging Raptors, and the 76ers travel to Orlando to take on the Magic for the second time this week.  The one 7:00 tipoff features Karl-Anthony Towns and the T-Wolves traveling to Dallas to face Dirk and the Mavs.  Dallas played an overtime game on Friday, and it looks like everyone will be available, but watch coach Rick Carlisle closely since he likes to get his key players rest after riding them as hard as he did against Denver.  In the last game of the night, the Heat finish their back-to-back in the Northeast taking on the Knicks in what should be Joe Johnson’s Miami Heat debut.

There is a lot of value plays on those ten teams and some solid upper-level options even though there aren’t any players who cost over 10K.  To find the options I think are the best plays for tonight, check out my DraftKings daily picks on the following slides. My goal is to give you the most information I can, so that you can build your own lineup to bring home a win for your team tonight. To help you to that goal, you’ll find two slides per position in this post–one for high-salary options and one for high-value options. Each slide contains at least two selections with extras thrown in where possible.  I base each pick on the current form of each player and the positional matchups each player will face in tonight’s game.

At the beginning of 2016, I  started to rank my picks using stars after each selection to show the strength of the pick. For a full explanation of the rating system, check out the last slide of this post, but in short, more stars means more confidence (on a point-per-dollar basis). On the final slide of the post, you can see my recent results at each level of confidence. Also on the final slide of the post, you can see how I’m putting together the best of my picks into my lineup for tonight’s competition. I suggest you build your own customized team with the players you like the most, but you’re welcome to see my lineups and use them as a place to get started.

In this post, all salary references and references to “fantasy points” refer to DraftKings pricing and scoring.  If you are looking for similar coverage specifically for FanDuel, check the box above for related posts or find the latest on our fantasy basketball hub.

If you have any questions about my picks for today or any of our FanSided fantasy coverage, you can leave them at the bottom of the page in the comments section.  For an even quicker response, you can find me throughout the day on Twitter @FansidedFantasy. I’ll keep you up to date throughout the day on any updates to players’ availability tonight, sine taking a zero will be deadly on a night with such limited options.

If you find my picks and analysis helpful and would like to check out my DFS fantasy basketball posts each morning, the easiest way to find the FanDuel daily picks is to drop a bookmark on our fantasy basketball hub or follow on Twitter where I’ll tweet out the links each day when my picks go live.

It’s time to get rolling with my DraftKings daily picks for tonight starting with some high-salary PG.

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